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ARRANGED MARRIAGE

ARRANGED MARRIAGE

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last updateLast Updated : 2022-01-28
By:  RoMald0321Completed
Language: English
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Synopsis

Independent

Contemporary

Heir/Heirness

Regret

Fast-Paced Plot

Mafia

Twist

Campus

Dark Romance

Dionne is arranged to be married to Xavier, a powerful mafia boss with an unbroken reputation. To the outside world, he's cold, hard, ruthless, and merciless. She's kind, tender-hearted, beautiful, and caring. Given Xavier's reputation, Dionne doesn't want to fall in love, but soon, she learns that even the coldest hearts have a soft spot, and Xavier's just might be her. And although she doesn't like to admit it, hers might be him. Will they ever find love, or will this be a loveless marriage after all? He raises his fist and I could swear I made a whimpering sound. I turn away and I look at the window as Xavier gets quiet. "Dionne." he says, his cold, hard mask still intact. I look at him, not saying anything, and he shifts in his seat, well aware of why I reacted that way. "Who did it?" he asks. I look down at my hands and I don't reply. "Was it those assholes at the university?" he asks, genuinely concerned. "Dionne?" he says, his fingers brushing against my arm. I jump at his contact and suddenly a tear falls from my eyes. "God." he says as I begin to cry. I can tell he's not used to emotion .... "How was your first day sweetheart?" she asks sincerely. "A couple of frats tried getting in her panties in broad daylight and everyone around was gonna let it happen. How's that sound?" Xavier says, obviously still pissed.

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millicent nyame
millicent nyame
cool. this is engaging with many cool stuff. I love it
2024-09-21 20:27:15
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Sharon Weekes
Sharon Weekes
Good read but don’t read very bad ending doesn’t explain how you get to the last chapter it stops and then you get the happily ever after
2023-04-01 22:58:08
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nellejd
nellejd
I like this book but the end is very confusing. Can the author clarify?
2023-04-01 21:48:25
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dianakern
dianakern
Great book! The story line keeps you wanting to read and the romance level is prefect. Great job!
2022-04-06 05:59:14
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Lucian
Lucian
was great all along but what went wrong towards the end? feels like a chapter is missing could do with a chapter 78
2022-07-03 03:47:27
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78 Chapters
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Dinner is ready, and it is 8:00. My mother calls me down, and I and my two older brothers get downstairs, my brothers play fighting as they go downstairs. “Watch out for Dionne, Patrick! ” Anthony says. I walk downstairs, a plain expression on my face. “Boys! “My father yells suddenly. I jump at how loud he gets. “Stop with the playing! ” he yells again.“Yes, sir,” they both say, sitting at the table.“Benjamin, calm down, they’re boys,” says my mother.“Watch your tongue,” Father spat back.I sit at the table, not saying anything. My father, sitting at the head of the table, looks at me with his eyebrow up. “Dionne, where are your manners? ” he says.“Sorry, Father. Good evening. Good evening, Mother,” I say, bowing my head to both of them.“Why don’t you get up and get me a beer? ” he says to me with an evil smirk on his face.“Yes, Father,” I say, respectfully.I’m always used to this treatment. Sit back, be respectful, don’t put up a fuss, and do what I’m told, and I’ll be fine.
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Well, here goes. The day I was dreading. And it only took 24 hours. I’ve got my dress on, and we’re standing at the door, waiting for Mother and Father.“You look beautiful, Dionne,” Patrick whispers.“Thank you. You look nice,” I say.My father comes downstairs, and all three of us stand up straight, acknowledging his presence.Stand up straight when I enter the room. It’s called respect.Is what he’d say.When he stands in front of me, he scoffs.“At least he’ll think you’re attractive. Maybe.”“You look wonderful, honey,” my mom comments.“Thanks, Mother,” I say, bowing my head.“Let’s go. Hurry on, we don’t have all night.” Father rushes us.A car and a limousine pull up, and I stand, confused.“What’s that for? ” I ask, gesturing to the car.“You’ll get a car. Me, your mother, and your brothers will have the limousine,” my father says maliciously.“Darling, she’s supposed to have a—““I know Amelia. The problem is, she doesn’t deserve a limousine. Get in; I don’t have time to wait
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After dinner, I go to my bedroom, and I lie down. I can hear Xavier yelling from upstairs. He’s yelling so loud, I can make out every word he’s saying.“You’re the one who wanted this, not me! ”“Yeah? Well, she’s MY fiancé. I don’t give a shit! ”“Fuck off! ”“She’s not yours, she’s not yours, and she’s not anyone else’s; she’s MINE, and I can do whatever the hell I please! ”And it keeps going from there. I covered my ears with a pillow to lessen the sound of his constant screaming, and it worked like a charm.The next morning, I wake up to the sound of someone calling my name. I know that voice all too well.“Dionne, wake up,” Xavier says, sounding pissed.I sit up, and I rub my eyes softly.“What’s going on? What time is it? ” I ask“Get up and get dressed. I’m taking you to school,” he says.My eyes widen in surprise.Last year, I finished high school, and I got accepted into a university, but I couldn’t go because my father wouldn’t allow it. He said college was for girls who had
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The first couple of minutes is Xavier cursing and mumbling under his breath. He sighs and looks over to me. “What happened? ” he asks, still pissed.“I don’t know,” I reply. “I was waiting for you outside, and then that guy bumped into me and started touching me everywhere,” I say reluctantly.He doesn’t say anything; he just keeps his eyes on the road, but I can see the anger building up inside him. He raises his fist, and I could swear I made a whimpering sound. I turn away, and I look at the window as Xavier gets quiet.“Dionne,” he says, his cold, hard mask still intact. I look at him, not saying anything, and he shifts in his seat, well aware of why I reacted that way. “Who did it? ” he asks.I look down at my hands, and I don’t reply.“Was it those assholes at the university? ” he asks, genuinely concerned. “Dionne? ” he says, his fingers brushing against my arm. I jump at his contact, and suddenly a tear falls from my eyes. “God,” he says as I begin to cry.I can tell he’s not u
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The next morning, I wake up to Xavier shaking me awake. "Dionne, wake up. You need to get ready," he says, sounding slightly annoyed. Not angry, like he used to be.I guess that's something good."Okay, okay, I'm getting up," I say, stretching."I'll be at your school earlier today. School ends at, what, 4:15?" he asks, looking down at his ring-filled hands."Yeah," I say."I'll be there by then. Now get up, unless you don't want breakfast before you leave," he says, sliding out of my room."Thank you," I yell after him, getting up to go get in the shower. When I get out of the shower, I smell the beautiful aroma of bacon and sausage cooking.I get dressed, and I put some perfume on, and then I get downstairs while putting on my shoe. I must've stepped wrong because when I put my foot down, I slipped and twisted my ankle.I would've hit the ground, but someone was holding me up. I look up, and I see Xavier with concern in his eyes. It quickly fades into seriousness as he picks me up.W
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Days later, my ankle's healed up pretty well. I and Xavier have gotten closer, not too much, as he's not very open about his feelings, but it's progress. Walking through the university, Charlotte and I finally sit and eat lunch together."So tell me, how's it going with Brady?" Charlotte asks."God, nothing, Charlotte! We're just friends—""Blah blah blah. Don't give me that shit, 'just friends,' my ass," she says playfully."It's not shit! I told you, I'm seeing someone," I say, eating the grapes I packed this morning."Yeah? So where is this guy? Does he go here? Does he live around here? Is he close?" she questions."I'm not telling you anything, Charlotte!" I say, nudging her arm."I'm not going to believe you until I see him for myself.""You're insistent," I say, palming my forehead. "You could've seen him the other day. He was here. He's the one who broke Josh's nose," I say."He's the one who did that? Everyone said he knocked him out with one punch. If he can do that, imagine
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So this is it. I’m going on a date with Xavier. I can’t say I expected this, but I guess it was bound to happen. I’ve already picked out a dress and shoes to wear, but I’m nervous about tonight. For what reason? … I don’t really know. I think I’m just overreacting.I shake the worry from my mind, and I start to get dressed. I decide to put on a tight red dress and red heels with a ribbon that I have to tie at the back. When I’m ready, I fix my hair, and I go downstairs, where I find Xavier waiting by the door for me.“Look at you,” he says.“You don’t look too bad yourself,” I comment.He walks up to me and grabs my hands. His hands are big yet soft against mine. He rubs my hand with his thumb and then slips it from mine.“Could you tie these? ” I ask, turning around, leaning on the wall for support.He gets down to tie the ribbons around my ankles. When he rises, he looks me up and down and turns toward the door to get on his phone. Minutes later, he guides me to the car and helps me
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Xavier’s POV:The next morning, I wake up, and the first thing I do is put on my suit. I need to attend a few meetings today. Money’s on the line. I walk downstairs, and my father stops me from going any further than the living room.“Father,” I say.“Xavier,” he responds.He’s never called me his son. Ever. I still try to respect him, though. That’s how my mother raised me.‘Where’s that girl? ”“Are you serious? ” I say, squinting in annoyed confusion.“I’ve done nothing wrong,” he says, looking confused.“You may be the type of man to disrespect women and do whatever it is that you do with them, but my wife won’t be one of them. As long as I’m with her, you’re going to learn to respect her, or I’ll make you, and that’s a promise. I don’t care how I have to do it, and you know I don’t. I’ve never disrespected you a day in my life, but when you disrespect her, you disrespect me, which means I disrespect you. I just want to make that clear,” I say, finally walking off and walking out t
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Dionne’s POV:I finish getting dressed, and I step out of my room only to hear something in Xavier’s room. As I walk toward the staircase, he opens his door and walks out. He obviously doesn’t see me when he walks by, so I walk by his room door, and I see one of the maids getting dressed, and she can barely stay on her feet. I scoff, and I go downstairs and meet him.“Let’s go,” he says as I walk by him. He shuts the door behind us, and we walk to the car.When I get in the car, the guard holding the door open closes it. The other guard on Xavier’s side closes his door, and the driver pulls off. I cross my arms, and I start a conversation.“I thought you said you didn’t have a chauffeur,” I say, trying to hide my anger.“I do. I just don’t use him all the time,” he says, scrolling through his phone.I stay quiet, but the constant anger picking at my brain gets the best of me.“Did you fuck her? You smell like cheap perfume and sex,” I say, already knowing the answer.He closes the slid
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I sit against the house, blood pouring from my leg as Anthony writhes in pain in Mom’s arm. Xavier hangs up the phone and runs over to me and takes his tuxedo off and rips his blouse underneath off, then rips the sleeve off to tie it around my thigh where the blood is seeping out.He ties a knot tightly around my thigh, making me grunt in pain. He stands up and puts his hands out to me. I look up at him, and I take his hands as he lifts me up.“Are you okay? Well, no shit, but … “ He cuts himself off, looking at me with worried eyes.“I’m fine,” I say back, limping over to Anthony.“I just got off the phone with some people who are going to get your father. We can discuss funeral arrangements later if that’s okay with you,” he says, helping me over to Anthony.“That’s fine,” I reply, paying more attention to Anthony.“I don’t have everything I need here,” Mom says.“Could they come home with us? Please? ” I ask Xavier.“That’s a risk. You should know that better than anyone. My family
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